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• Impaired driving arrests during checkstops and 911 calls spiked in 2018

  04-01-2019 23:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  The number of impaired driving arrests from checkstops and 911 calls were up 13 per cent in 2018 compared to the previous year, according to numbers released by the Edmonton Police Service on Thursday.
  Between checkstops and the Curb the Danger program — where officers respond to 911 calls related to impaired driving — 779 people were arrested and charged in 2018. Compared to 2017, this is an increase of 13 per cent, or 680 arrests.
  Police spokesman Scott Pattison said there may
  
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• Press Gallery podcast 256: The Alberta Politics Complaints edition

  04-01-2019 23:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  In the first episode of 2019, the Press Gallery podcast team takes a look at the ream of official complaints being filed inside the world of Alberta politics.
  Over Christmas we had the UCP lodge an official complaint to the election commissioner about foreign funding to left-leaning third-party advertiser Progress Alberta, and Freedom Conservative leader Derek Fildebrandt doing the same about a donation in kind he made to Jason Kenney.
  Then, to kick off the new year, Alberta Party MLA Karen McPh
  
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• New year, new you - St. Albert Gazette

  04-01-2019 22:12 via stalbertgazette.com
  New year, new you  St. Albert GazetteA new social media challenge in the city is encouraging people to focus on their health in January. The St. Albert and Sturgeon Primary Care Network.
  
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• Is Peter Chiarelli trying to save his job by selling out the team's future? I don't buy it

  04-01-2019 21:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Time for Puljujarvi, Rattie, Rieder and Kassian to start scoring
  One of the bits of Oilers info floating around Internet is this: Oilers forwards who’ve scored since Dec. 14: Chiasson, McDavid, McDavid, RNH, Chiasson, Puljujarvi, RNH, Chiasson, Draisaitl, RNH, Draisaitl, McDavid, Draisaitl, McDavid, RNH, Draisaitl, Draisiatl, Draisaitl, McDavid and McDavid.
  There’s a lot of Draisaitl and McDavid here, which is what fuelled a rant by TSN’s Craig Button. On TSN1260 radio, th
  
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• Family mourns death of latest Edmonton police shooting victim

  04-01-2019 21:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Family and friends of a man shot and killed by Edmonton police Wednesday night outside a Gold Bar apartment have been left reeling from his sudden death.
  Devlin Neyando, 26, died outside the apartment near 47 Street and 101A Avenue just after 9 p.m. following what police described as a confrontation with officers.
  Neyando had been wanted by police on five charges including assault and unlawful confinement of a woman stemming from events earlier in the day.
  Police originally responded to the
  
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• Fix-It Cafe – St. Albert Tool Library - St. Albert Gazette

  04-01-2019 20:57 via stalbertgazette.com
  Fix-It Cafe – St. Albert Tool Library  St. Albert GazetteBring a broken item and get it fixed by a local fixer. Small appliances, electronics, clothing, wood and costume jewelry. Please bring your own replacement parts, ...
  
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• Cooper focused on justice in 2018 - St. Albert Gazette

  04-01-2019 20:35 via stalbertgazette.com
  Cooper focused on justice in 2018  St. Albert GazetteWhen St. Albert MP Michael Cooper reflects back on 2018, he sees the year as a government failure on the country's energy industry. Cooper said the.
  
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• Partial Coal Mine closure worries teacher - St. Albert Gazette

  04-01-2019 20:10 via stalbertgazette.com
  Partial Coal Mine closure worries teacher  St. Albert GazetteSt. Albert resident Angela Tarkowski is worried closing down a portion Coal Mine Road could end up costing her job. The mother-of-three works as a teacher.
  
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• The Month of the Artist is now - St. Albert Gazette

  04-01-2019 19:59 via stalbertgazette.com
  The Month of the Artist is now  St. Albert GazetteTRIVIA In 2016, 44880 Albertans worked in arts, entertainment and recreation. (Source: Statistics Canada, National Household Survey, 2016). According to.
  
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• Top of the podium for Harris - St. Albert Gazette

  04-01-2019 19:57 via stalbertgazette.com
  Top of the podium for Harris  St. Albert GazetteLuke Harris ended a year to remember as a world champion. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu second degree black belt from St. Albert was the NoGi master three open.
  
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• Snowfall warning issued for St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  04-01-2019 19:23 via stalbertgazette.com
  Snowfall warning issued for St. Albert  St. Albert GazetteEnvironment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for northern and central Alberta, including St. Albert. “A band of snow over central Alberta will give.
  
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• Watch: Serious crash closes 91 Street at Edwards Drive

  04-01-2019 18:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  A serious collision involving two vehicles closed 91 Street south of Anthony Henday Drive early Friday as police investigated the crash.
  The road was closed near the Edwards Drive interchange during the police operation from around 3 a.m., re-opening just after 10 a.m.
  The head-on collision involved a black Kia Soul and and a Ford F-150 pickup truck. A fender from the truck was embedded in the front end of the smaller Kia.
  There has been no word from police on injuries.
  
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• Watch: Serious crash closes 91 Street at Edwards Dr.

  04-01-2019 18:54 via edmontonjournal.com
  A serious collision involving two vehicles closed 91 Street south of the Anthony Henday early Friday as police investigated the crash.
  The road was closed near the Edwards Dr. interchange during the police operation from around 3 a.m., re-opening just after 10 a.m.
  The head-on collision involved a black Kia Soul and and a Ford F-150 pickup truck. A fender from the truck was embedded in the front end of the smaller Kia.
  There has been no word from police on injuries.
  
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• City resident calls for review of path clearing policy - St. Albert Gazette

  04-01-2019 18:50 via stalbertgazette.com
  City resident calls for review of path clearing policy  St. Albert GazetteAfter one of his young daughters hurt herself on an icy trail in St. Albert, Lacombe Park resident David Walker believes the city's current policy around clearing ...
  
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• 91 Street reopened after serious two-car collision in Ellerslie

  04-01-2019 18:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  All lanes along 91 Street in the city’s far south have reopened following a serious two-vehicle collision early Friday morning.
  The crash between Edwards Drive SW and Anthony Henday Drive in the Ellerslie neighbourhood happened sometime around 3:30 a.m.
  Police had closed sections of 91 Street for the next several hours as police investigated the collision. The lanes were reopened just after 10 a.m..
  The scene of a two vehicle collision along north bound 91 Street south of the Anthony Henda
  
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• Frustration grows over city’s snow removal - St. Albert Gazette

  04-01-2019 17:49 via stalbertgazette.com
  Frustration grows over city’s snow removal  St. Albert GazetteAs snow and ice pile up around St. Albert, Mayor Cathy Heron took to social media this week to informally gather input on how the city should tackle.
  
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• Sections of 91 Street closed after serious two-car collision in Ellerslie

  04-01-2019 16:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  All lanes of a section of 91 Street in the city’s far south were closed for several hours early Friday morning following a serious two-vehicle collision.
  The crash between Edwards Drive SW and Anthony Henday Drive in the Ellerslie neighbourhood happened sometime around 3:30 a.m.
  Police expected the road to be “closed for the next several hours.”
  It was the second major crash the city police major collision investigation section has been called out to investigate in less than 24
  
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• Edmonton weather: We could tell you, but you know

  04-01-2019 15:42 via edmontonjournal.com
  A look at today’s Edmonton weather by Environment Canada.
  Friday morning temperatures at the Edmonton Blatchford station that measured -2 C with 9 km/h winds out of the east making it feel more like -5 C.
  There looks to be clouds in our forecast, lots of clouds for the next four days. Nothing too cold, just clouds. Today we’re looking at a high of -1 C and 30 per cent chance of snow with wind gusting up to 15km/h at times. Later the temps will dip to a low of -6 C and
  
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• Friday's letters: Footbridge lacks proper access

  04-01-2019 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Few projects better exemplify the ineptitude of our city administration than the Fort Edmonton footbridge.
  The city spent almost $30 million building this admittedly beautiful showcase of a bridge. But the city neglected to provide any safe means of accessing the bridge from the neighbourhoods on the Riverbend side. Currently, pedestrians trying to access the bridge must walk down Whitemud Road — a narrow, winding road with no sidewalk and limited sight lines due to dense brush.
  Vehicles c
  
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• Oil Spills podcast: Good times, bad times — Edmonton Oilers at mid-season, Part 2

  04-01-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The second and final part of our mid-season look at the ongoing hot-button topics surrounding the Edmonton Oilers.
  Jim Matheson, Derek Van Diest and Craig Ellingson talk about the surprising Alex Chiasson, the impact of injuries to defensemen Oscar Klefbom and Kris Russell, the play of forward Jesse Puljujarvi, and the hot seat Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli occupies.
  Subscribe to the podcast via iTunes, Google Play or Soundcloud. You can also listen via the player below.Recent episodes of the Oil Sp
  
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• 'I'm going to have an empty chair beside me': Church friend remembers men killed in fire at Edmonton group home

  04-01-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  A friend who mentored one of the men killed in a fire at an Edmonton group home on Christmas Eve will remember him for his enthusiastic singing and his kind manner.
  Gord Dykstra said Billy Beloin, who died following a fire at the group home where he lived with two other men and a care worker, was his friend for about 10 years.
  “He loved to sing,” Dykstra said of Beloin, who he mentored one-on-one at a west Edmonton church’s program for adults with disabilities.
  “And
  
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• Elise Stolte: ‘I was exhausted today.’ Ice rink makers unsung heroes at community leagues

  04-01-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  I’m not a poet. But if I was, I’d write an ode to the community rink maker.
  It takes 100 hours a month on average to maintain an outdoor ice rink. That’s hard work in the bitter cold. When temperatures plunge and most of us huddle indoors, that’s when the rink makers haul out the water hoses. There’s nothing like water vapour to make a cold job colder.
  And many of those cold fingers belong to volunteers.
  Seriously, Edmonton has a really good thing going. Using prope
  
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• Edmonton's Doreen Ryan, 87, always an athlete at heart

  04-01-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Once an athlete, always an athlete.
  Doreen Ryan — who as a speed skater competed for Canada in two Olympics, is an honoured member of the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and was the manager of the athletes village at the Commonwealth Games, Universiade and the Calgary Olympics — is at Kinsmen Sports Centre at 8 a.m., pushing a weighted sled down the track, doing balancing exercises and running stairs.
  She is 87.
  “I work out regularly because I want to keep mobile … I have tw
  
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• David Staples: Edmonton heads into a dangerous 2019

  04-01-2019 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The year 2019 is a dangerous one for Edmonton.
  The city is strongly represented at both the provincial and federal levels, but a combination of anti-NDP sentiment in the rest of Alberta and anti-Trudeau Liberal sentiment throughout Alberta could change that dynamic.
  The spring provincial election could see a takeover by budget-cutting Jason Kenney of the United Conservative Party but with little Edmonton representation in cabinet if this city sticks to Rachel Notley’s NDP or moves to Steph
  
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• Partial Coal Mine closure worries teacher - St. Albert Gazette - St. Albert Gazette

  04-01-2019 09:00 via stalbertgazette.com
  Partial Coal Mine closure worries teacher - St. Albert Gazette  St. Albert GazetteSt. Albert resident Angela Tarkowski is worried closing down a portion Coal Mine Road could end up costing her job. The mother-of-three works as a teacher.
  
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• Player grades, Games 31-40: Edmonton Oilers find themselves out of their depth after blueline injuries

  04-01-2019 02:35 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three and a half weeks ago, Oil Country was enjoying an extended honeymoon with sure-to-be Hall of Fame coach Ken Hitchcock. The Edmonton native had brought a breath of fresh air to the perennially-struggling Oilers and distinctly changed the narrative framing the situation with his unique mixture of sunshine, smoke-blowing, and encyclopaedic hockey knowledge.
  I was myself experiencing a sunny disposition when writing the last segment review after Game 30, which happily coincided exactly with Hi
  
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• TSB investigating 27-car CP train derailment near Field, B.C.

  04-01-2019 02:27 via edmontonjournal.com
  Investigators are travelling from Edmonton Thursday evening to a rail line near Field, B.C. after 27 rail cars derailed.
  Transportation Safety Board spokesperson Alexandre Fournier said the derailment occurred at around 10:10 a.m. Thursday on the Canadian Pacific Laggan subdivision rail line, which runs from Calgary to Field, B.C., at the Upper Spiral Tunnel in Yoho National Park.
  Fournier could not confirm whether any spill took place, what the cars were carrying or whether there was any enviro
  
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• Tech talks: Artificial intelligence takes on humans in new improv show

  04-01-2019 00:24 via edmontonjournal.com
  Robots can deliver room service, conduct funeral ceremonies and lead workouts for the elderly. But can they tell a joke?
  Edmonton audiences can find out, starting next weekend, when local improv artists go head-to-head with artificial intelligence to see who is funnier. Called Improbotics, the show kicks off at 7:30 p.m. at Rapid Fire Theatre (located within the Citadel Theatre at 9828 101A Ave.) and runs Saturday nights from Jan. 12 until Feb. 2.
  The event is the brainchild of local improv arti
  
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